10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CONSERVATIVES: GOP NO LONGER PARTY OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

Then 12-year-old Ahed Tamimi tries to punch an Israeli soldier during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Tamimi is to go on trial Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, before an Israeli military court, for slapping and punching two Israeli soldiers in December. Palestinians say her actions embody their David vs. Goliath struggle against a brutal military occupation, while Israel portrays them as a staged provocation meant to embarrass its military. Tamimi is one of an estimated 350 Palestinian minors in Israeli jails.

Students at the Berkeley Carroll School in the Brooklyn borough of New York use virtual reality headsets in their classroom. Experts say the technology is still relatively rare in schools, but they expect that to change as costs come down and content improves. Seated at the table from left are Daniel Cornicello, 17, Charlie Hertz, 17, and Taylor Engler, 16. At the table in the back of the room is Angela Aguero, 17.

Chloe Kim, of the United States, jumps during the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

February 13, 2018

They are grappling with a Republican-backed spending binge that threatens to generate trillion-dollar deficits for years to come.

Protest icon Ahed Tamimi, 17, is being tried for slapping and punching two Israeli soldiers, a case that has drawn wide criticism of Israel.

4. REPORT: SOUTH AFRICA'S RULING PARTY TELLS ZUMA TO RESIGN

Party leaders for the African National Congress say they have delivered an ultimatum to the South African president, giving him 48 hours to respond. 5. RESEARCHERS TRYING TO TACKLE HIV BY DOCTORING DNA

Scientists are altering blood cells in a lab to disable a gene to make the cells resist infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. 6. AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, TALIBAN USE BACK CHANNELS TO NEGOTIATE

Officials in Kabul and militants hold talks despite a wave of violence and Trump's pronouncement that there would be no negotiations for now, the AP learns.

The president's proposed budget would slash EPA funding for Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay restoration programs by 90 percent.

9. VIRTUAL REALITY FIELD TRIPS GAINING IN POPULARITY

On any given day, classrooms of students are using virtual reality to visit the pyramids, observe medical operations, even swim through the human circulatory system. 10. WHO TOOK HER FAMILY ON ONE MORE EPIC RIDE

Chloe Kim hit back-to-back 1080-degree spins on her second and third jumps to capture gold in the halfpipe at the Pyeongchang Olympics.